Well we made it to Reading Week! If you are feeling like I am, it seems we have been at this for longer. (sigh) But the good news is there are no posts required this week. You may still need to work on other things in the course within your team environments. Sunday @ 23:59:59, […]
My Previous Team Situation The Management Committee (SLT team) is the leadership team in my organization and is the SLT… Read more Lateral Leadership Post Lead Post 3.1 – Strategic Leadership Teams-BT1
Strategic Leadership Team I have worked in several teams in my professional life, and some have been very successful,… Read more Effective Strategic Leadership Team DQ 3.1 || BT2
Daniel, thank you for your honesty regarding your situation. It is my experience that many churches struggle implementing TSL principles. I have been at the same church for 15 years and although we have had some significant gains there are days when it seems like we are starting at square one. I appreciate your question, … Continue reading Building a Team, Responding to Daniel’s Response to NP1
Hi Adrea. Thank you so much for your insightful contribution on the matter regarding; the benefits of keeping servant leadership as a central focus in the use of the strategic leadership principles. According to Atha, Castellon, Imbenzi, Mitchell, Page, Peregrym, Strong, Willaume, Wollf, and Wu, (2018) Servant-leaders aspire to be great only in their service to …
In response to: Response to Swarn’s Response to “Perspective on the Influence of TSL on the Strategic Process//BT1 Hi Joy, I would agree with you that more organizations practice strategic leadership and very few practice transformational servant leadership. I think culturally, leaders may fear that by collaborating with or referring to front-line staff for input, … Continue reading Response to: Response to Swarn’s Response to “Perspective on the Influence of TSL on the Strategic Process//BT1
Hello Lillian, Thanks for your discussion on matters around critical thinking principles and TSL and strategy development. As I read through the section on critical thinking at the end, I was reminded of some factors that come into play as mentioned by (Hughes, Beatty & Dinwoodie, 2014) where they spoke about strategic leadership approach to thinking …
Lillian, I appreciated reading through your conversation with Oliver re: strategy, vision, and church health. A couple quotes I found especially helpful. “The tension between qualitative vs. quantitative growth metrics in a church is a real struggle!” (Boyder, L., 2018) “Salvation and baptisms are certainly initial measurements, but how do you determine the ongoing growth … Continue reading Church Health Metrics. Responding to Boyder’s Response to CM 1
This post is in response to Oliver Parson’s post “TSL, Strategy, Self-Sacrifice and Christian Ministry.” I appreciated Oliver’s post, especially his reflections at the end which compared strategic leadership with Skye Jethani’s book Immeasurable: Reflections on the Soul of Ministry in the Age of Church, Inc. Linking the activity we are responsible for as church … Continue reading Ministry and Strategy. A Response to TSL, Strategy, Self-Sacrifice and Christian Ministry
|| For those wanting to follow the conversation, see my last post here and Jason’s post here. The link backs continue through those posts. || Hello Jason, I appreciate your thoughtful response to my post. You bring up some challenging questions. Professional Development You wrote (Bradley, 2018), “[Hughes, Colarelli Beatty, and Dinwoodie (2014)] ask “What […]